Un jitomate

In Mexico tomate becomes jitomate. I don't know the history of that etymological change but since I am a California native that is term I routinely use for tomato when speaking Spanish.

Tonight I waited until almost sunset before watering the yard and even then it was hot when I ventured out the back door. After watering I did a bit of pruning then collected two small handfuls of tomatoes. I have tiny yellow pear ones and bright red cherry ones. And I harvested the one I've been watching for weeks, a golf-ball size red and orange striped one that was nestled between two branches that had just started to crush it. No salt, no olive oil, no chiffonade of basil, just pure tomato.

And it was good.

Heavenly. The real firstfruits of the yard.

--the BB